The Catch-all: ICYMI November 4-10
The news I've been consuming this week
Lots of news this week. Check your local Palestinian orgs for actions near you. Keep up the pressure and keep eyes on the genocide. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.
News Round-up
Ontario
Ontario won’t submit Highway 413 assessment to feds until late 2023, Isaac Callan and Colin D’Mello, Global News (Nov. 7)
Ontario's human rights commission now recognizes caste-based discrimination. Here's what that means, Olivia Bowden, CBC News (Nov. 8)
OPP 'sincerely regrets' anti-Trudeau posts on its social media, Dave Dawson, Orillia Matters (Nov. 8)
Ford government rezoned land after developer donations, despite ministry pushback, Jack Hauen, The Trillium (Nov. 8)
Canada
Woman missing from B.C. First Nation along Highway of Tears found dead, Becca Clarkson, CTV News (Nov. 7)
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to share stage with former Fox host Tucker Carlson, Collette Derowriz, The Canadian Press (Nov. 7)
Trudeau government failing to meet emissions target for 2030, audit finds, Carl Meyer, The Narwhal (Nov. 7)
People love living in co-ops — so why did Canada kill the program?, Ximena González, Ricochet (Nov. 7)
Event to discuss the Waffen SS cancelled after U of A professors complain about Nazi whitewashing, David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen (Nov. 7)
Q&A: Sacked for Palestine, Canadian journalist reflects on the rot set in Western newsrooms, Faisal Mohammad, TRT World (Nov. 8)
What’s the Point of “Pretendian” Investigations?, Michelle Cyca, The Walrus (Nov. 8)
Danielle Smith’s government lied about reason for Alberta renewables pause, documents show, Drew Anderson, The Narwhal (Nov. 9)
Ottawa tables bill to ban ‘scab’ workers in federally regulated sectors, Aaron D’Andrea, Global News (Nov. 9)
Pierre Poilievre Under Fire After Video Surfaces of Homophobic and Transphobic Speech, Luke LeBrun, Press Progress (Nov. 9)
World
Ukraine minister says he wants to turn his country into a weapons production hub for the West, Hanna Arhirova and Nebi Qena, Associated Press (Nov. 4)
‘Kill me here, but I am not going back’: An Afghan refugee in Pakistan, Abid Hussain, Al Jazeera (Nov. 6)
Counterterror Director Used Hamas Attack to Justify Mass Surveillance Program Renewal, Daniel Boguslaw, The Intercept (Nov. 6)
Italy to seize $835m from Airbnb in tax evasion inquiry, Annabelle Liang, BBC News (Nov. 6)
Indonesian ex-telecoms minister jailed for 15 years for kickbacks, Reuters (Nov. 8)
Worst floods in decades kill 29 in Somalia, hit towns across East Africa, Abdi Sheikh, Reuters (Nov. 8)
‘Insanity’: petrostates planning huge expansion of fossil fuels, says UN report, Damian Carrington, The Guardian (Nov. 8)
(Germany) The Hatred Is Accelerating, Musa Okwonga, Zeit Online (Nov. 8)
U.S. Lawyer Arrested After Fatally Shooting 2 Protesters on Camera in Panama, Dan Ladden-Hall, Daily Beast (Nov. 9)
Macron calls on Israel to stop killing Gaza's women and babies, Katya Adler & Toby Luckhurst, BBC News (Nov. 10)
Tech/Entertainment
STRIKE OVER: Actors Make a Deal With Studios After 118 Days, Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter (Nov. 8)
G/O Media Shutters Jezebel After Abandoning Sale Efforts, Chris Thompson, Defector (Nov. 9)
Tumblr is downscaling after failing to ‘turn around’ the site, Adi Robertson, The Verge (Nov. 9)
Vice Media Group Lays Off More Staff, Peter White, Deadline (Nov. 9)
Omegle Was Forced to Shut Down by a Lawsuit From a Sexual Abuse Survivor, Amanda Hoover, WIRED (Nov. 9)
Advertisers Don’t Want Sites Like Jezebel to Exist, Jason Koebler, 404 Media (Nov. 10)
Israel-Palestine
Israeli minister says nuking Gaza 'an option,' Nadda Osman, Middle East Eye (Nov. 5)
US nuclear sub offers show of force in the Middle East, Al Jazeera (Nov. 6)
Far-right minister Smotrich calls for 'sterile zones' free of Palestinians near settlements, Middle East Eye (Nov. 6)
Rep. Rashida Tlaib censured by House over Israel comments, Lauren Peller and Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News (Nov. 7)
The unsung hero: Meeting Motaz Azaiza, Gaza's window to the world, Abubaker Abed, The New Arab (Nov. 7)
Congressional Staffers Stage Walk-Out In Support of Ceasefire, Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone (Nov. 8)
Media watchdog says it was just ‘raising questions’ with insinuations about photographers and Hamas, David Bauder, Associated Press (Nov. 9)
‘The Phone Doesn’t Stop’: Overwhelming Demands For A Cease-Fire Catch Democrats Off Guard, Molly Redden, HuffPost (Nov. 9)
Israeli troops encircle Gaza hospitals, bomb Al-Shifa again, Nader Durgham, Middle East Eye (Nov. 10)
Health centres in north Gaza under siege in ‘day of war against hospitals’, Al Jazeera (Nov. 10)
COVID
'Endemic' SARS-CoV-2 and the death of public health, Editorial, The John Snow Project (Nov. 6)
Second Infection Hikes Long COVID Risk: Expert Q&A, Tinker Ready, Medscape (Nov. 6)
Boris Johnson wanted to be injected with Covid on TV - ex-adviser, Kate Whannel, BBC News (Nov. 7)
Now we know how COVID attacks your heart, Sanjay Mishra, National Geographic (Nov. 7)
Canada has 'sufficient supply' of new COVID-19 vaccines amid 'pandemic amnesia,' experts say, Mitchell Consky, CTV News (Nov 9)
AV Corner:
Podcast: Episode 104 - Orientalism Towards Palestine (Ft. Lady Izdihar)- The Deprogram
Video: Why Canada is one of Israel’s most extreme defenders, The Breach
Music: Set Your Pussy Free- NOBRO